====== LION Account Policy ======
===== Obtaining an account =====
{{:users.png?nolink&200 |}}An account on the LION Computer system is part of your rights whilst appointed at a University Position, External Position out-sourced at the LION or during your education period as a Bachelor or Master. 

Usually your registration will be started by a supervisor or the education office before you arrive. If you have any questions about this you can ask our **secretaries or education office at room 101 in the Huygens Building**. 

Once they have entered your information into the Persons Database, you can email **helpdesk@physics.leidenuniv.nl** or visit the **Computer group, located at 116 (Huygens Building)** to have your account enabled. Your account will be your personal responsibility during your stay at LION. 

It is possible to obtain accounts that are not on a personal title, but are necessary for meetings or projects. LION will only make available such an account when the technical necessity has been clearly proven to the computer group.


===== Allowed actions =====

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Account are your personal responsibility, but using them has impact on the total security of the LION Computing system. You are therefore required to:

  * Don't write down or let others know your password 
  * Change your password the first time you use a new account 
  * Passwords must be at least 8 characters in length and should include numbers, special characters, and contain a mix of lower case and upper case characters. 
  * Do not use common names, words, or astronomical terms for passwords. 
  * Do not store passwords in files, function keys, or command files. 
  * Watch for system alerts to login failures; if you cannot account for the failures, notify the system manager. 
  * Accounts may not be shared. 
  * Computer games are not supported and the system manager may remove them in search for disk space.

Because LION is part of the University computing environment, the University **gedragsregels** are also in operation.